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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 257.20, subsection 1, Code 1999, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 1. a.InFor a school district which is participating in 1 4 the instructional support program on the effective date of 1 5 this Act, in order to determine the amount of instructional 1 6 support state aid and the amount of local funding for the 1 7 instructional support program for a district, the department 1 8 of management shall divide the total assessed valuation in the 1 9 state by the total budget enrollment for the budget year in 1 10 the state to determine a state assessed valuation per pupil 1 11 and shall divide the assessed valuation in each district by 1 12 the district's budget enrollment for the budget year to 1 13 determine the district assessed valuation per pupil. The 1 14 department of management shall multiply the ratio of the 1 15 state's valuation per pupil to the district's valuation per 1 16 pupil by twenty-five hundredths and subtract that result from 1 17 one to determine the portion of the instructional support 1 18 program budget that is local funding. The remaining portion 1 19 of the budget shall be funded by instructional support state 1 20 aid. However, for the budget year beginning July 1, 1992, 1 21 only, the amount of state aid is three and one-quarter percent 1 22 less than the amount computed under this paragraph for that 1 23 budget year. 1 24 b. For a school district which authorizes participation in 1 25 the instructional support program, or reauthorizes local 1 26 funding for the program on or after the effective date of this 1 27 Act, in order to determine the amount of instructional support 1 28 state aid and the amount of local funding for the 1 29 instructional support program for a district, the department 1 30 of management shall divide the total assessed valuation in the 1 31 state by the total budget enrollment for the budget year in 1 32 the state to determine a state assessed valuation per pupil 1 33 and shall divide the assessed valuation in each district by 1 34 the district's budget enrollment for the budget year to 1 35 determine the district assessed valuation per pupil. The 2 1 department of management shall multiply the ratio of the 2 2 state's valuation per pupil to the district's valuation per 2 3 pupil by twenty-hundredths and subtract that result from one 2 4 to determine the portion of the instructional support program 2 5 budget that is local funding. The remaining portion of the 2 6 budget shall be funded by instructional support state aid. 2 7 c. A school district participating in the instructional 2 8 support program pursuant to paragraph "a", which seeks to 2 9 participate in the instructional support program pursuant to 2 10 paragraph "b", shall either adopt a resolution to participate 2 11 in the program pursuant to paragraph "b" for the remainder of 2 12 the period for which the instructional support program has 2 13 been approved if the remaining term does not exceed five 2 14 years, or shall submit the question for election if the 2 15 remaining amount of the term does not exceed ten years. If 2 16 the question to participate in the program pursuant to 2 17 paragraph "b" is submitted for election and does not receive 2 18 approval at the election, participation in the program shall 2 19 continue under paragraph "a" until the end of the existing 2 20 term. 2 21 Sec. 2. Section 257.20, subsection 2, paragraphs a and b, 2 22 Code 1999, are amended by striking the paragraphs. 2 23 Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of 2 24 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 2 25 EXPLANATION 2 26 This bill provides for the removal of a statutory 2 27 limitation on state funding for the instructional support 2 28 program. As originally enacted, the instructional support 2 29 program permitted school districts to increase their budgets 2 30 by 10 percent through a combination of state and local funds, 2 31 with a state and local contribution ratio of approximately 25 2 32 and 75 percent, respectively for districts whose assessed 2 33 valuation per pupil is equal to the statewide average assessed 2 34 valuation per pupil. Subsequent legislation limited the state 2 35 appropriation to the amount appropriated as instructional 3 1 support state aid for the school budget year commencing on 3 2 July 1, 1992, and provided that amounts distributed shall be 3 3 prorated to each school district participating in the program 3 4 in the event that the limitation was insufficient to fully 3 5 fund the 25 percent state portion. The bill removes this 3 6 limitation. 3 7 The bill provides for a change in the respective 3 8 proportions of state and local funding of the instructional 3 9 support program. The bill provides that a school district 3 10 which is already participating in the instructional support 3 11 program will continue under the current law, unless the 3 12 district either adopts a board resolution to increase the 3 13 local participation component from 75 to 80 percent, if the 3 14 current authorization has less than five years remaining in 3 15 its term, or submits the question of the increase for election 3 16 if the current authorization exceeds five years remaining in 3 17 its term. 3 18 Under current law the ratio between the state assessed 3 19 valuation per pupil and the district assessed valuation per 3 20 pupil is multiplied by twenty-five-hundredths for determining 3 21 the state funding. Under the bill provisions, the multiplier 3 22 is decreased to twenty-hundredths for districts beginning 3 23 participation in the program or reauthorizing their local 3 24 funding commitment. 3 25 The bill takes effect upon enactment. 3 26 LSB 2087HV 78 3 27 rn/jw/5
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